What characterizes the
true spirit of Defiance Fight Gear and those who wear it? In
a nutshell, it's the strength of spirit and character that
keeps one fighting and focused on a goal despite
overwhelming hardship and seemingly insurmountable
obstacles. It's that inner voice urging you to press on, to
keep fighting, to keep striving for what you want. It is
essentially that mindset that says, this is what I want,
this is what I've trained for, I will not give up, I will
not submit, I will not tap out!

The stories
below illustrate the Spirit of Defiance.

Let's Roll!

On September 11th, 2001, the passengers on United
Airlines' Flight 93 were alerted, via cell phones onboard, that
terrorists had seized control of planes and were using them as missiles
to attack targets in the United States. Some passengers onboard, most
notably Todd Beamer, Tom Burnett Jr., and Jeremy Glick, decided
that, though they were almost certainly going to die that day, they were
not going down without a fight. It is a certainty that Flight 93 was
being directed to some high-profile target, perhaps the White House, but
the courageous actions of the people onboard the plane that fateful day,
and their
unwillingness to submit, diverted the plane from it's intended target
and crashed it into an unpopulated field in rural Pennsylvania. Lisa
Robinson, a GTE cellular operator who had been speaking with Todd
Beamer, said that the last words she heard from him, as the team
prepared to take action, were "Let's Roll!"

Handicap? What handicap?

Words cannot do
justice to this incredible story of perseverance and triumph in
the face of adversity; it has to be seen...

Tap out? You must be thinking of some
other fighter!

The Spirit of Defiance is readily
apparent in MMA fighters who routinely refuse to give up the fight
despite such serious injuries as broken arms, jaws, noses, and eye
sockets! Some notable examples include...

In a 2003 fight, Forrest Griffin had
his left arm broken in an arm bar by Edson Paredao but that was not
about to stop Forrest... He continued to fight and ultimately
knocked Paredao out with his right!

At UFC 48 in 2004, Tim Sylvia had his
arm snapped by Frank Mir. The break was obvious enough for referee Herb
Dean to immediately stop the fight but not enough to dissuade Tim Sylvia
who heatedly argued the decision, insisting that his arm was not broken
as he touched it and moved it around to demonstrate. Later, at the
hospital, x-rays revealed that the arm was indeed broken.

Think you've got a good
story that illustrates the Spirit of Defiance?